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To City Subseribtn: you fail to year teliphdttg by 6 p. ana a earner will deliver y6uf paper-, fcb 6 YEAR. VOL. 58 NO. 293 CMteuditM! IM.

tl, Star For Weather Sis Celumn at Bottdm ef This HOPE, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 19S7 thf AiMtMri fHU AMI) Mkl Ctttl. i Mittfc it, Mil PUICE 5e COPY Coliseum, Home of Third District Livestock Shorn i mi II as Negroes Enter the Little Rock School Sfe TOP This 'IsitKeVJhlrd" District Livestock Show'" CoffseumJ-'photo" graphed last Friday with all decorations in'place for-'the Week-long' performances starting today, LEFT This year the Stock Show management has address system, which made it difficult to hear I. performances In the past. The picture shows one, of.elghts'new hign- -J I ''fidelity speakers that have heen installed throughout thelColiseum, 1 I th(ee on 1 either si'de and two above the stage. The speaker system I engineered B.

1 Tooley, general manager ot Radio Station fl KXAR, and local RCA dealer, both of ytyorrHaYe cfl radio engineers. They contributed' th'fiir, talent without ost to the Stock Show and tests last week disclose'd that tlb address sys.Jen,ucacir,leg, 1 of the bi2 Coliseum. Third District Livestock Show Gets Underway Convicted Airman Owed Gambling Debt Tho '13th Annual Third District Livestock Show got underway officially here Monday, Sept. i'3, with a huge parade that rated With the best In the of the show, Fair park, home of the district show, was a busy place today with stockrncn getting their slock ready for judging, merchants putting the final touches on their displays in tho Coliseum, the midway Abandon Hopes For Lives of 87 Aboard Ship PONTE DELAGADA. Azores Hope was all but abandoned today for H7 youths aboard thn four-misled German training bark Pamir, hit by Ihc full fury of hurrlr.cme Cnrrle nnd foarcd to have foundered in mid-Atlantic.

The 52-ycar-olt! square i Igged ship appnrontly hands some' BOO sank with miles o(f all thn 'Azores. Thoi'o were 35 crow men and 52 seu cadets aboard, all be- Hi and 18. It was the first tri)i to soa for many. wont into national mourning after a U. S.

Air Force search plan's spotted two lifeboats end one Ih'evaCt, all empty, The search for survivors continued throughout the night, und today, Small Atomic Device Is Fired Today ATOMIC TESTSITIS, NuV, Ml A relatively small atomic device 1 was fired at 5i'30 a. m. today from a SCO-fool tower on tho. Yucca Flat testing grounds. It wiis he oft- posponecl "Whlncy" shot, 22nd In the 1957 series.

The Atomic Energy Commission said the energy, yield was anore than half of nominal, whlcl means Ilia Wast would hove the equivabnt of slmotlilng more thai 10,000 tons of TNT. Persons watching Ihe oxplosior from Aiiftcl'i! Peak, some '10 mile? -from the detonation pniiit, estl mated the power at around 15 kll otons or 15,000 tonso of TNT, Thi, nominal bombs dropped on Japar In Wrld War II were rated at 20.000 tons. Haiti Tense With Ballot Counting PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti Haiti today tensely awaited the but it was an almost hopeless tusk. COLm of ballots, In yesterday's MOUNT VERNON, N.

Gcirge A. French, Air Force captain sentenced to life imprisonment tfor trying to sell secret insetting up for business tonight a ndi forma on to tho Soviot Ullion owed thousands of dollars in gam- the various organizations prepaung accordtng lo hls wlfo displays in the exhibit halls, Important Items Well li, Worth Time to Read (HAL BOYLE Things VQRK 'columnisl might aioyev know if he flldrj'1 read his (Tifiil; That the average Amprican band has five ounces pioro brains tjian his wu'e, And it hc'I.) just let Jjer.uso them, he'll do right fqr himself. a babv k.an#a,ro9 only an jneh long at birth, That comedian Geqrgo PC Witli overheard a child a iricnil, 'wisHorj'l. do as Tjyn-jroy -tell? we-but daddy do Thai an ant iq more intelligent whale, The whole, big as lip iSj wquld never hprpooned jfji'e didn't off ii) pubiie. That theio's ij named What 1 Cheer, That the highest wind velocity clocked by th? Weather Bu- in a hurricane wes miles ait hour.

Thai, Frank W. Packard. Nevv Jersey business 'tycoon, has this on his desk; ''Whfenpver the going seems t-ob easy, make sure you're not downhill." That, according to the Fisherman the aijales orsojp.e marine catfish surry the their mouth until thpy hatch, That the blood of most insects is a. clear substance usually tinted gj-eeu or ypllow. That Yietorian England, it considered a bit indelicate tqy a lady to para hw hpnds in pubjie, My, how times have changed! That it was jtf, G.

Wells who warped, '-'The future of of education and. catas- Highlights of activities tonight will be a beauty which more than 13 young ladies from all over the district will compete for the title of Miss Third District Livestock Show of 1057. The lovely ladies began arriving this morning with headquarters at Hole! Barlow. During today they appeared on television at Toxarkann and were guests at a luncheon at tho Barlow, All the contestants appeared in the parade, of Ceremonies for the pageant will he Chester Lauck of the famous comedy, team at "Lum and Abner," Lum is a native of Mena, Arkansas and is well known throughout the United States. Another special guest tonight will be Miss who will be one of the.

judges of tonight's- pageant, Tuesday and Wednesday nighfs ill, the Coliseum a stage show will be featured, Bob MpFadden, comedian, will bel (paster of cere- moqios at, thp show-which features. su.cn,. widely, acclaimed acts'as Lee Marx, and Billie, jugglers, The Vaga bounders, who have performed on the trappline for audionpps all pver Ihe fUiznpoth and Cpjlins, 9 breathtaking knife throwing 'act which is guaranteed lo thrill the crowd, A.1 Antonucci's Chimpanzees and many others, A western parade will open thp second, JiaJf of the show Wednesday. Pcrfprrnjng in the Coliseum the final three nights will be Gene MaciisojVs widely acclaimed rodeo. Most pf the stock to be used, jn iJip rqclpo moved into Fair purls trophe," That a sepdecl Jawn in JsJrpdi had.

this mia iheso youjng Confidenfiol Jury Deliberates yoy apeiv phonv- Japan is (ho Ues Lhp world a fneuse magazne dc-jjUwiUons Sunday reia.sa. i Tb-o sis and an Air Force spokesman. Mrs. Dorothy G. French, who myriied the airman in 1941, said yesterday; "Gsorga was a gambler, not the racetrack type, but a devoted poker player, He loved the game, I never knew the ex lent of his poker playing until a month ago, when a mutual friend told me I'd 'belter have a talk with him.

"I was told he was deep 'n debt, svell into the thousands of dollars." In Washinston, an Au Force spokesman said French had contracted a string of loans in collection with the gairUmg debts. French's court- martial and life sentence were disclosed last Saturday with an annciucement that he had asked tho Russians to buy atomic secrsls. The Air Force said Freeh had been tried in secret at Barksdale Air Force Base, near Shreveporl, by a seven-man court-martial, Jlis family hare heard cf the after the conviction was announced Gusts up to (10 miles in hour churned UIG sea into mountainous Waves, The Wester, German television net work cancelled Its Suo- 'rnourn'ijig. Churches" wore throngecl with anxious people praying for the safety of Ihc boys, victims of the classic battle of man against the sea. The Pamir radioed Saturday afternoon it had lost all sails In hurricane Qnrrie, Then came word the was swept away.

Since then there has been only silence though ships at' sea kept open tha international emergency radio channels. The faint hope for grivitig families was that the shij) had given the wrong position, and -some cx- pcits said the ship could have been swept more thnn IflO mllca beyond M.i reported position by tjie hurricane. Five shis r.cmainpd in the area rearching for surivor? notional election, hopeful tha: whoever becomes president nan bring peace to of turmoil But even as'the begani partisans ot Loul? Dejoio burn au Fate of Four Amvets Is Uncertain WASHINGTON Tho fate of four Army forts is now more than ever uncertain. They nrs Firt Carson in Colorado, Fort Chflffco in Arkansas, Fort Gordon in Georgia and Fort Jacksn in South Carolina. Army spokesmen said todoy the future status of the already a rnaUor study necessarily would bs further reviewed in light of the most recent cuts in military manpower, They said hosvever, it is too early to tejl just 'low soon a clecir sion will bo reached, Shortly befo'-e the adjournment rf Congress, Chairman Vinsun (D- Ga) of the House Armed Services Comniitcc quoted Secretary of the Army Brucksr ns stating that a cut of army personel down to the 900,000 level almost certainly would moan the closing ot tho four forts, A third Clement Ju- presidency, Both 'Dqjoic and bitter political eneniy Francois 13'uva- llrr claimbd victory in the elec- lion of a president for the next fix years.

A third landidato, Clement cmellc, called on voters to boycott the election Ho ere was fraud. The Ministry announced from a million to 1,300,000 of Haiti's 1,000,000 eligible voters cast ballots. This would indicate few heeded Jumollo's call, Women were eligible to vole for the first-time For all the violence that has plagued Haili since last December, when the first ot a succtssion of five governments was heaved out, tht was peareful, President Antori Kcbro-ju said thul war only one fatality, A soldisc- shot down a voter who ntlacked him in the southern town of Jccmel, Minr incidents were reported at two other pints, Kcbreau who seized power Juno 14 as head of a three-man military junta, maintained order with 2,500 wcJUaimcd soldiers and polite, First re-iiilts are expected to be known this afternoon. No definite trend will be available before Wednesday due to long delajs in reporting tabulations to Port au Prince, Duvolier, 48 a Negro doctor. pledged honesty in government, He said he would seek U.

S. and -aid in developing the na- lion's agricultural and natural resources if elected, Duvalier charged that supporters of Dojoie were using large sum of money to 'buy votes, Partisans of Dojic reiterated charges that the 'military junta Continued on Page Two 24 Hurt in Rock Island Train Wreck PEABODY, Kan. Tho Rock Island Railroad's Twin-Star Hook ct, hculed from Mlncapolls to Houston piled off tho rails at the south Peabody unrly today. 'Twenty-four wore treated ut hospitals for injuiics. Initial exnminatlon of the In jurcd showed only one In serious condition Wallace 03, Wichita, had a possible skull frnclurc, There was no indication ot the cause of the wreck, The Rocket ran abcuit 100 yards north of the point where the Rock Island and the Santo Fe cross-'on the'south edge of Pea body.

Most of the injured wore In two passenger couches Which landed athwart the crossover and on their sides. Both rail lines were blocked. Mrs. Earl Bray Enid, said' she was half i.slcep In 1 the first passenger coach and her year-old son Allen was asleep beside her. "There svas a terrific bung, bang, bong," she said, "The car toppled over, I was about five scats back! and, landed in a corner.

got, up'but, was loo weak to stnnd carried mo out 4 for a time It end'of the world. son i 'i -L ti til t. 1 11 Kacrpss the aisle," 1 John Watson, Sunday editor of the Topeka (Kan Capital; also was riding in the first coach, along with his wife, Autumn Makes Appearanc Over the U.S. By The Associated Press Autumn made its official entry today in seasonal style, spreading cool air from the Rockies to the Great Lakes region and southward into th3 southern Plains. Summerlike weather prevailed in the Southeast and northward into New England.

It was hot in the southwest desert region and fair and warm in other parts of the Far West. The autumn season started at 27 a.m., EST, The, nippy fall air sent temperatures inl'7 lh.2 30s in most of North Dakota and northern Minnesota. Readings were generally 10 to 20 degrcoo lower than yes morning from northen New England southwustwarc through the lower Great Lakes re gion and the Ohio Valley, were jn the 50s in mosl areas, 'in the: warm eastern belt, marks of 70 were general, while they were in the 80s in the deseil re gion, The 60s were the rule a- 'ar north as Washington in olhei jarts of the West, Thp cool air headed into orth and mid 'Atlantic Coas slates and the clash with thi vurm humid air triggered showers and Neprly an Continued on Page Two Police Forced to Withdraw Negro Students LITTLE. Lil.tlo officials withdrew IhQ'elithl students who onlnrcd Ccnln-1 High School today. Mayor Woodrow WlJson Mann radioed nn announcuiiicl til 12 o'clock (CST) "toll the crowd the Negroes removed from Central High School." The radio announcement whs sent to police officers nl the sc'otki; Mrs.

Fraoch said she wrote, lo At lhat time, the army's her husband about the gambling but lhat he denied it. "AU he told me," she said, "was 'stick by we. I am in trou' ble and 1 naed Mrs, John French, Ihe captain's stepmother, said his father knew he was in troubjs ovor gambling. "Two and a half years ago he borrowed, $2,000 fiom my husband to pay gambling debts, and paid back only p.irt/» ihe said. "jn Mar'cli hp asljod for $1,800 from his, lather, but his father didn't ha.yp.'Jt.

Thpn in-April, I Jhlnk it was, a letter cqm? frovn Ihe pf Puerto fiiw saying he'd a loan of nnd, hariij'i "nnvcie any payment." is Frenches wore living in Pvierto RJC.O until Muy. when ho svas tvwjffryjci to Slwvcport. wlie a.nc!~ the children. strength had been reduced to p50, 000, Lasl week Secretary of Defense Wilson announced there- would bo H. further of 100,000 in personnel of the defense establishments, off(cia)? said that 50,000 this loss would bo borne by the army.

This will bring the army down to around tha 900,000 level when it is completed. The army has been requested to inform Ui? fonse Secretary by Sept. to how plans to go about a month- by-rnonth reduction to the newly lixpd levpl. Tile JiV'3 this is done, top officials arc expected to decide what iiv stallations, if any, will have to shut down, 4 House Armed fiom- jmitco aide lie Relieved drew tlu'pe ehll-iU to by no moans that to, Jane, s. Stvid, 9, and Forts Chuffee, will by the Abjected be, All Around Town Tht ftar There is something about Livestock Show week that gives the city an air of expectancy everybody seems to be busy doing something connected with the show and everybody seems to have that fpeling that something is about lo happen which they don't want to miss perhaps its thp parade today, the beauty tonight, the stage show Tuesday and Wednesday nights or the rpcfeo the final three nights.

Qviess it rained just about every, where over the weekend, including area the total weekend I sends! this Station rainfall of 4.55 inches. Jhe year's total to 53.30 inches normally the area receives 51:3,5, inyhps of rain with nearly' three and a months to go a rainfall record eouid well Jishod for recent years. Mvs. Margaret WUeps, jj ie fljavgsret Clones o( a ng from Ukiuh, pruv ing 'that Arkansas grows large watermelons pictured Mrs. Earl Wilcox, former resident of Hope, and a 110 pound watermelon purchased from B.

L. Hubbard it said; Mr. and Mrs, Earl Wilcox brought this big melon back with them from Hope, Ark-, home town of Mrs. Wilpox. where they visited during a vacation trip.

The melon was not even big enough to compete in the annual contest held at Hope, although it weighed HO pounds and was big enough to feed jm.4 have some left after it was served to the Canton of the Into trouble LITTLE ROCK Ml Nesro pupils walked quietly, and without hurrying, into Central High School today the crowd's attention win; diverted by aiiolhcr Incident and then a swirl of snurlig men and screaming women ried ifo break through police lines. Politic fought them off, clubbing two men, and apparently pulling a gun on another. Pupils coming out of Ihe school three of the Negro boys who entered school had "iblood on their clothing" and fights had broken outside the building. The iiludcntd told reporters the "Negroes were chased through the' 1 when' classes changed" and were. Attacked by, other violence 1 sdhgol, was a frightening, Ipurst into tears and a man, burst up on a bar- licudc, roared: "Who's going through?" "We all arc," the crowd shouted They didn't, The 'ilrama-packed climax ot three "weeks of integration strugglt in Little Rock came just after he buzzer sounded inside the big 2000-, pupil high'school at signaling' (lie start of classes.

Suddenly on a street loading'to- ward the school, Ihe crowd spot- led four adults, marching in twos down the center of lie street, A man yelled, "Lcok, here come Ihe Niggers." They were not pupils. One appeared to be a newspaperman, He had a card in his hat and was carrying a camera. 1 into a glass-windowed telephone booth on the corner. The scene was clearly visible, As the crowd surged toward the four Negroes, they broke and ran. But they were caught, on' the lawn of a home nearby, Whites jumped the man with the ctimsra from behind, rode him to the around, kicking and beating him.

They smashed the camera, This, obviously was a planned diversionary movement to draw the crowd's attention away from the school, While was dictating what i saw, someone "Look, they're going Into the school," At that instant, the eight Ne boys and five were crossing the schoolyard ward a side door at the south end ol the school, The girls were in bobby son and, the boys ware dressed in open, shirts, AH were carrying books, They were not running not oven walking fast. They simply strolled, toward the steps, went up, and were Inside before all bul a fe of Ihe 200 people at thai end the street knew it. Somo did see the Negroes, ever. "They've gone in," 4oared. "Oh, God' the NJeserb ars in the school!" A woman sercgmcd, "Did they get in? Pid you see them go in?" "They've in now, some other Continued on page Two Weather Experiment Station report ending at 7 a.

m. Monday, High 70, Low 55; weekend procipj itation 4.55 inches; lation in September 5.71 inches; Total rainfall for year, inches; Normal year's 51.30 inches. the clipping A representative from the i Porps Reserve Unit, Tex, will 09 located at the Fair grounds 'Monday and Tuesday, in the past the Hops Band Auxiliary will serve plate lunches at their stand, in front of the clyrjog Livestock Show Hie money derived, lisod. ty ko.iid. AH scctioni o( Partly cloudy and mild this aflornuojn, lig'ht nnd Tuesday, tiigh his, aN crnoon mid 70s centcaL 70s mid to high east tvnd Jaw 70s northwest low 40s to mid, 5.0s and.

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